There's fun on tap at the Festival of Beers in Bakersfield. The one-day festival has grown from 200 beer tasters to over 4,000 attendees today. This event overflows with live entertainment and charity on tap; the festival donates thousands of dollars in proceeds each year to local children's charities.
Art buffs hang out at the Bakersfield Museum of Art to appreciate permanent collections from renowned regional artists, and view rare traveling exhibits such as Lethal Beauty; Samurai Weapons and Armor, displaying the compelling duality of deadly weaponry forged with artistic beauty. Release your inner artist by signing up for one of the museum's art classes or workshops.
Word is, Bakersfield Ice Sports Center is the coolest attraction in town for hours of family fun. Skate on over to check out the public ice-skating rink, offering good ole' fashion skate sessions and lessons. If you're into sports, check into the rough and tumble ice hockey league, offering adult and youth hockey and power skating classes.
Sharktooth Hill is famous for million year-old fossils, and many of them are on display at the Buena Vista Museum in Bakersfield. The highlight of the collection is a five star skeletal fossil that is the 10,000,000-year-old ancestor of today's flipper-footed marine mammal friends, the seal, sea lions, and walruses.